# Travala launches decentralized home-sharing service — will it be the next Airbnb?

# Travala launches decentralized home-sharing service — will it be the next Airbnb?

“# Travala launches decentralized home-sharing service — will it be the next Airbnb? ” Pro-crypto travel booking agency Travala.com is releasing a decentralized property rental service. In a Wednesday announcement, Travala said it had partnered with former executives from Airbnb, Expedia, and other companies to launch Dtravel, a decentralized vacation rental platform that may serve…

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# Pandora Finance’s .4M raise helps spearhead open finance protocol

# Pandora Finance’s $2.4M raise helps spearhead open finance protocol

“# Pandora Finance’s $2.4M raise helps spearhead open finance protocol ” Vohra believes the gap between these two domains represents one of the biggest adoption challenges for decentralized technologies. “We are uniquely positioned to solve the biggest problem,” he said, adding: “There are around $300 trillion dollars of real-world assets which are illiquid. Pandora’s vision…

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# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society

# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society

“# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society ” From QR code payments to mobile banking apps, consumers worldwide are increasingly reliant on digital payment solutions, especially as mobile technology becomes more ubiquitous. Government-led efforts in driving cashless economies have been a key factor, with countries such as Singapore or the Philippines seeing…

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# Polygon committing M to reach 1M users using 0x API

# Polygon committing $10M to reach 1M users using 0x API

“# Polygon committing $10M to reach 1M users using 0x API ” The network onboarding a large number of decentralized applications aims to hit one million users through 0x’s decentralized exchange liquidity aggregator API. In an announcement today, Polygon said its project would be committing $10.5 million towards securing decentralized finance infrastructure on its network…

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# No, Bitcoin is not ‘technobabble’

# No, Bitcoin is not ‘technobabble’

“# No, Bitcoin is not ‘technobabble’ ” Many years ago, I ran hedge funds on Wall Street. With a long pause for philanthropic and government work, I eventually found my way to blockchain, and now, I spend my days writing about decentralized finance versus centralized finance. Some of my old Wall Street friends still run…

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# Hybrid smart contracts will replace the legal system

# Hybrid smart contracts will replace the legal system

“# Hybrid smart contracts will replace the legal system ” The era of unintelligible contracts written in legalese by lawyers in $2,000 suits with degrees from Ivy League schools is over. The contracts of the next century will be hybrid smart contracts, written in code by programmers wearing $20 hoodies and living in their NYC-shared…

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